Southeast Alliance
Peggy Harris Willcuts
Co-Director Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
Science Specialist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
902 Battelle Boulevard
P.O. Box 999, MSIN K1-01
Richland, WA 99352 USA
Voice: 509-375-6797
Fax: 509-375-2576
peggy.willcuts@pnl.gov
Kathy Fisk
Co-Director Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
Math /Science Curriculum Coordinator
Kennewick School District
Voice: 509-222-6284
Fax: 509-222-5050
kathy.fisk@ksd.org
Holly C. Hollis
Program Manager
Battelle Science Resource Center
201 S. Garfield
Kennewick, WA 99336
Voice: 509-222-6888
Fax: 509-222-5064
holly.hollis@ksd.org
Michele McMillan
SRC Secretary
Kennewick School District
Voice: 509-222-6465
Fax: 509-222-5064
Michele.mcmillan@ksd.org
The Battelle Science Resource Center (SRC) is the regional support center for southeastern Washington. It is located at 1000 W. Fourth Avenue in Kennewick, Washington.
We serve the K-8 classrooms in eighteen area school districts and three private schools.
This LASER supported regional science center works in conjunction with WSU/Tri-Cities, , Kennewick School District, the seventeen other vested school districts in our Alliance and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Battelle).
In July 2009 the SRC moved into a new facility that was remodeled by the Kennewick School District without using any of the grant monies. This new space allows the SRC staff to be more efficient as they deal with the 2234 elementary kits and 1300 middle school refurbishment packages they handle each year.
The goal of the Battelle Science Resource Center is to deliver quality inquiry-based science kits to classrooms, provide ongoing in-service training for teachers, and refurbish each kit in a timely manner.
Vision: To provide opportunities for all K-8 students to participate in a developmentally appropriate, inquiry-based science program that uses a teaching/learning model that parallels the way scientists and engineers uncover knowledge and solve problems.
Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
1000 W. Fourth Avenue
Kennewick, WA 99336
The new BSRC facility is located on Fourth Ave. It’s in the old Food Pavilion building just beyond Amistad Elementary on the right-hand side of the street. There is no sign on the building, but it is unmistakable. Park and enter from the back of the building.
Coming from Walla Walla, follow Hwy 12 into Pasco. Take Exit 12A to Pendleton/Richland Hwy 395 South. Cross the Blue Bridge and stay in the right lane. Take the Hwy 395 South exit and go around the traffic circles to Columbia Drive. Follow Columbia Dr. about a mile to the light at Fruitland. Turn right and travel another mile. Turn right onto 1st Ave. At the light continue straight (First Avenue morphs into 4th). The Fourth Avenue Center is on the right half a mile past the light. Turn in and drive around to the back of the building.
Coming from Connell /Othello on Hwy 395 – as you enter Pasco follow signs for Hwy 395 S/ Pendleton/Richland. Take Exit 12A to Pendleton/Richland Hwy 395 South. Cross the Blue Bridge and stay in the right lane. Take the Hwy 395 South exit and go around the traffic circles to Columbia Drive. Follow Columbia Dr. about a mile to the light at Fruitland. Turn right and travel another mile. Turn right onto 1st Ave. At the light continue straight (First Avenue morphs into 4th). The Fourth Avenue Center is on the right half a mile past the light. Turn in and drive around to the back of the building.
Coming from Yakima area/ I-82 as you near the Tri-Cities take Exit 102. Next watch for Exit 5A /Hwy 240. Merge right onto Hwy 240; follow Hwy 240 for several miles. Watch for signs for Columbia Dr. / Hospital. As you exit stay in the center lane and follow the traffic circles around until you get to Columbia Drive and then move into the right hand lane. Follow Columbia Dr. to the light at Fruitland. Turn right, go about a mile. Turn right onto 1st Ave. At the light continue straight (First Avenue morphs into 4th). The Fourth Avenue Center is on the right half a mile past the light. Turn in and drive around to the back of the building.
Coming from Richland – take Hwy 240 Watch for signs for Columbia Dr. / Hospital. As you exit stay in the center lane and follow the traffic circles around until you get to Columbia Drive and then move into the right hand lane. Follow Columbia Dr. to the light at Fruitland. Turn right, go about a mile. Turn right onto 1st Ave. At the light continue straight (First Avenue morphs into 4th). The Fourth Avenue Center is on the right half a mile past the light. Turn in and drive around to the back of the building.
Contact Staff for additional information regarding the Alliance.
View SRC K-8 LASER Alliance Scope and Sequence